Texans host top QB prospects … When talking about teams needing a QB, most of the focus has been on teams picking early in next week’s draft. However, in many ways, the team with the most immediate QB need in the league is Houston. Whereas teams like Cleveland, San Francisco and the Jets with major issues at QB… Read More »
All quiet with dozen days to go until draft … Maybe its the fact its a holiday weekend, but its still awfully quiet around the NFL with just 12 days to go until the start of the 2017 draft. Indeed, normally on the second to last to weekend before the draft, the league would be buzzing with trade… Read More »
Pigskin mocks the Eagles … Back by popular demand this year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be providing his own unique mock drafts for as many teams as possible in the final couple of weeks until the draft; up today are the Philadelpha Eagles.
Tigers’ DT gets quacking … Former Clemson DT Scott Pagano, one of the top returning prospects at the position for the 2018 draft, has transferred to Oregon; as a graduate transfer, the 6-3, 295-pound Pagano who had 31 tackles including 2.5 sacks in the Tigers’ run to the national championship last year, will be eligible immediately as a… Read More »
Does Browns coach Jackson favor Garrett?? … In the wake of the ESPN report earlier this week that Cleveland management was split on whether to select Texas A&M DE Myles Garrett or North Carolina QB Mitch Trubisky with the #1 pick overall at this month’s draft, Browns’ well-connected beat writer Mary Kay Cabot of the Plain Dealer has… Read More »
Draft invitees list announced … Th NFL has released the list of players that will be attending this year’s draft in Philadelphia later this month. A total of 22 players will attend the draft including QBs Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina, Clemson’s DeShaun Watson and DeShone Kizer of Notre Dame; LSU RB Leonard Fournette; WRs John Ross of… Read More »
Titans release top CB; could address gap with #5 pick … Tennessee has released veteran CB Jason McCourty, the team’s longest serving player, after he reportedly refused to take a pay cut. The Titans, who had the 30th ranked pass defense last season, were already expected to focus on defensive backs early in the 2017 draft, even with… Read More »
Another big week in Indy … It’s all done behind closed doors, but the key activity in the draft process this week are the medical re-tests of injured players in Indianapolis. Every year, players with medical issues are invited back to the combine site in April to see where their conditions stand in the 2-3 weeks before the… Read More »
Two weeks until the draft … It’s coming!! The draft is just two weeks away today! Hang in there guys! And while it is still pretty quiet around the league for two weeks out, there are a couple or three developments on which we are trying to dig a little deeper. It was noted earlier in the week,… Read More »
49ers confirm #2 pick being shopped … New San Francisco G.M. John Lynch left little doubt earlier today when he spoke with local media outlets after the team’s pro day workout for local prospects that the 49ers were listening to offers for the second overall pick at this year’s draft. According to Lynch, the 49ers are “open for… Read More »
Pigskin mocks the Steelers … Back by popular demand this year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be providing his own unique mock drafts for as many teams as possible in the final couple of weeks until the draft, starting with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A death in the family … Sad news from the scouting community as long-time NFL exec Tom Modrak passed away yesterday. He was 74. Modrak began his career as a scout with Pittsburgh in the 1970s and was best known as G.M. in Philadelphia in the late 1990s and as Buffalo’s vice president of college scouting from 2001… Read More »
Palace intrigue starts to percolate … For weeks now we have been lamenting the fact that there just wasn’t any buzz at all surrounding the 2017 draft. However, with 15 days to go, things may be starting to percolate, although one always has to bear in mind that this is the season of smoke and mirrors. And the… Read More »
More mocks … With the draft now just 16 days to go until the start of the 2017 draft, GBN College Investigative Reporter Larry Parker has updated his first-round projection.
Jags get future Bengals’ pick for reserve DE … Jacksonville has traded reserve DE Chris Smith to Cincinnati for what is being described as a late-round pick in 2018. Smith was a 5th round pick in 2014 who had 4.5 sacks in three seasons with the Jaguars.
Wrist surgery sidelines Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly … Misfortune appears to have thrown Mississippi QB Chad Kelly yet another curveball as he reportedly had to undergo surgery yesterday to repair a ruptured ligament in his wrist. Kelly, who is the nephew of former Bills’ QB Jim Kelly had to abandon his pro-day workout at the school last… Read More »
We get around … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette recently sat down with Mike Cuomo of the Orange and Brown report to talk about Cleveland’s options at this month’s draft. Here is the full text!
Are Fournette, Trubisky still in play for #1? … There has been a bit of a stir around the NFL the past 24 hours or so after Jason LaCanfora of CBS Sports suggested that Cleveland may be considering selecting LSU RB Leonard Fournette with the #1 pick overall at this month’s draft. Lord knows this draft needed a… Read More »
Bill, Jets work out top QB prospects … Both Buffalo and the New York Jets worked out a top QB prospect over the weekend. The Bills, for example, were in North Carolina yesterday to work out QB Mitch Trubisky. What made the Bills interest a little more intriguing is that team owner Terry Pegula was part of the… Read More »
New 3-round projection … We weren’t planning on posting any new mock drafts until perhaps just before the draft, but with the lack of any kind of buzz surrounding the upcoming draft, we thought we’d throw one out there just to spice things up a little. We only do so with the proviso that people remember – and… Read More »
Big Board tweaked … We will be posting a final ranking of the top 300-plus prospects for this month’s draft; in the meantime, though, we have tweaked the GBN Big Board with some of the latest intel. Also, please remember that the GBN Big Board reflect as much as possible what we are hearing as to how NFL… Read More »
Draft goes all in … On another quiet morning around the NFL, the big news of the day appears to be that U.S. Sports books will now be allowed to take bets on the draft. In the past, regulations prohibited domestic bookmakers from taking bets on events that don’t take place on the field, although offshore sportsbooks have… Read More »
Who’s hot; who’s not … We have noted that the run-up to this year’s draft has been unusually quiet; however, that doesn’t mean there isn’t necessarily any movement just beneath the surface. Indeed, if one listens really carefully, there rumblings out there about players on the rise and others who may end up going the other way come… Read More »
Pigskin’s top prospects ranking extended to 200 … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has extended his overall ranking of the top prospects for the 2017 draft from to 200 prospects. Note that Paul’s ranking is based on his own grading scale and may differ from the overall GBN Big Board which are based primarily on how we… Read More »
Guess who’s coming to dinner; Part III … With the pro day schedule winding up, the draft focus such as it is, shifts more to the ongoing private workouts and on-site visits for various prospects. And while there is hardly a one-to-one correlation between a team checking out a player and actually selecting him, the fact that multiple… Read More »
